“A man whose mind feels that it is captive would prefer to blind himself to the fact. But if he hates falsehood, he will not do so; and in that case he will have to suffer a lot. He will beat his head against the wall until he faints. He will come to again and look with terror at the wall, until one day he begins afresh to beat his head against it; and once again he will faint. And so on endlessly and without hope. One day he will wake up on the other side of the wall.” ~~Simone Weil

Just now, I located these lyrics. Maybe it is the source:

What Kind of Fool Lyrics

Artist: Gary Allan

Album: Tough All Over

I see you here, night after night

All by yourself in the blue neon light

A drink in your hand, a tear on your face

A beautiful woman so out of place

I guess somebody told you goodbye

In a million years I couldn’t understand why

CHORUS

What kind of fool

Didn’t want you

What kind of fool

Tore your heart in two

What kind of fool

Didn’t do everything he could do

To hold on to you

What kind of fool

Well, I ain’t no saint and I ain’t no king

I don’t know it all, but I do know one thing

Whoever it was that made you so blue

Never deserved a woman like you

He should be down on his bended knees

Beggin’ you to forgive him please

What kind of fool

Didn’t want you

What kind of fool

Tore your heart in two

What kind of fool

Didn’t do everything he could do

To hold on to you

What kind of fool

One day he’ll wake up

and realize the terrible truth

He’ll see that he had it all

When he had you

What kind of fool

Didn’t want you

What kind of fool

Tore your heart in two

What kind of fool

Didn’t do everything he could do

To hold on to you

What kind of fool

Tell me what kind of fool

What kind of fool

http://www.lyricsdepot.com/gary-allan/what-kind-of-fool.html

And then there’s this line:

“One day he’ll wake up

And realize all he needs is me

Until then, God, I wish I knew

I need a guarantee”

~~”Are You There?” song from “Bare: A Pop Opera”

http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/bareapopopera/areyouthere.htm